India is home to 1/6th of the world's population. 66% of the citizens follow Hinduism where the deceased is cremated on a wooden pyre. About 30% of the population bury the dead, this includes Muslims, Christians and Ligytes. In recent years there

Diversity and inclusion in the labour market are core values with the potential to foster growth and development.

Solid and sustainable labour markets leave no one behind and ensure decent work for all. And there is no decent wo

Large multilateral organizations like the ILO have occasionally been accused of limiting themselves to mere declarations of principle, without any real practical impact. Indeed, when I first began working in the ILO's standards department some 24

Shaikha leaves her home in Zaatari refugee camp at six o'clock each morning to catch a bus to her place of work at a nearby industrial zone. She works long hours behind a sewing machine producing clothing items for a Jordanian garment factory. She

The ILO's new Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, will present his first report to the Organization's Governing Body meeting, which opens on October 31.The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold its 346th Sessio